The Snow White shill brigade isn’t going to like this. Disney’s Rachel Zegler-led Snow White remake splatted onto Rotten Tomatoes today and the results were far less flattering than the glowing social media reviews of just a few days ago.
The embargo has lifted, and the truth is finally out: Disney’s live-action Snow White has officially earned a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, clocking in at a dismal 49%. It’s a brutal wake-up call, especially when contrasted with the studio’s carefully controlled early social media reactions that bizarrely labeled the film a “triumphant return to form” for Disney and called Rachel Zegler a “super nova.”
The Rotten Tomatoes score for Snow White as of March 19, 2025 – Rotten Tomatoes
This sharp drop in critical reception highlights exactly why Disney delayed lifting the review embargo until just 24 hours before release. The studio knew the real reviews would paint a far less flattering picture than the hand-picked influencers and Disney-friendly outlets who showered the film with premature praise.
The Critics Speak: No Magic Here
Here’s just a sampling of what critics on Rotten Tomatoes had to say about Snow White.
Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney’s live-action SNOW WHITE. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2024 Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved
Odie Henderson, Boston Globe:
“I had high hopes that *Snow White* would make me happy. Instead, this dopey remake made me sleepy and grumpy.”
DarkSkyLady, Nerdist:
“With an uneven combination of forgettable music, bland choreography, and few genuine laughs, Snow White fails to find and maintain its footing.”
Joonatan Itkonen, Toisto.net:
“This is a film that tries very hard to not take risks or even acknowledge that risks exist. The result is a hodgepodge of awful CGI, contrived new songs, and a story full of plot and lacking in substance.”
Abe Friedtanzer, Awards Buzz:
“This reimagining of a story everyone knows lacks imagination, essentially translating a solid text with the least possible creativity and depth.”
Even Positive Reviews Are Barely Positive
Perhaps more telling is how lukewarm even the positive reviews are. The majority of them boil down to “Well….it’s not the WORST thing I’ve ever seen…”
Rachel Zegler singing in the Snow White Trailer – YouTube, Disney
Here are some of the Fresh rated “positive” reviews on Rotten Tomatoes for Snow White:
Bob Chipman, Moviebob Central:
“A slight but agreeable adaptation that in its best moments offers similar charms to a well-mounted theme park parade (or maybe *Disney on Ice?*)”
Tania Lamb, Lola Lambchops:
“Good enough for kids.”
Travis Hopson, Punch Drunk Critics:
“It’s not quite fairest of them all, but hardly a poisonous apple, either.”
Cain Noble-Davies, FILMINK:
“It isn’t great, it isn’t terrible, it’s just… fair.”
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen in Disney’s live-action SNOW WHITE. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2024 Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved
These so-called positive takes hardly sound like ringing endorsements. Instead, they read more like faint praise, the kind you’d expect when critics are trying to find something nice to say about an underwhelming product. The equivalent of going to see your friend in a horrible stage play and telling them “That was….something!”
The Hype vs. Reality Gap
These Snow White Rotten Tomatoes reviews are certainly a far cry from the over-the-top praise shouted by early social media reviewers who gushed about Zegler’s performance and positioned the film as a triumphant return to form. Now that the embargo has lifted, it’s clear that those early reactions were more about access and optics than honest critique.
Disney likely knew exactly what it was doing by keeping the review embargo tight—it was a calculated move to delay the inevitable flood of honest criticism until ticket sales were locked in. But with Snow White sitting at 49%, the façade has crumbled.
Dopey in the Live Action Snow White movie – YouTube, Disney
The contrast couldn’t be starker: a handful of social media influencers declaring this film an instant classic versus seasoned critics pointing out its hollow storytelling, uninspired visuals, and lack of creative spark.
The question now is: will audiences buy what Disney is selling, or will they trust the reviews that finally tell the real story? Box office projections give us a strong hint that Rachel Zegler might actually prove the shills right and be a true super nova, the definition of which is “the cataclysmic explosion of a star.”
Are you surprised by the Snow White reviews on Rotten Tomatoes? Sound off in the comments and let us know!
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Am I surprised? Not in the slightest. Shill media had their chances, they got the early reviews, but they just proved how useless they are. Nobody likes this movie and even paid critics can’t deny it’s a disaster.
I think we entered a new stage of the DEI culture… Its the point where they cant pay the shill media anymore, same happened with Captain Antifa and Red Trump movie, the “critics” arent defending anymore, money ran out
We have. It’s called the final stage of extremism: terrorism. These people know nobody’s going to listen to them anymore so they’re taking that final step in a desperate attempt to be heard. It’s already backfiring, too.
Am I surprised no what i am surprised is it got as high as 49% at this point
Give it time. It’ll probably drop lower once actual theatergoers see it.
Or people who carefully screen Disney+ before letting children watch. Or people who don’t go to the movies anymore because it’ll be out on Disney+ in two months.
Rotten Tomatoes is itself a shill site. It has certain policies around what is positive, and what is not, and seems to be fiddling the audience scores allegedly. So, we can assume that the REAL scores are much lower than RT claims.
All of which is irrelevant because no one really pays attention to Rotten Tomatoes anymore. The majority of fans know this about them, which is why some Disney movies bomb even when their RT scores are high.
Zegler.s next film project – a “reimagining” of the film classic “Little Women” with Amber Heard and Ezra Miller.